# menda
## Basque
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /menda/ [mẽn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -enda
* Hyphenation: men‧da

### Noun

menda inan
* (botany) mint

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “menda”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “menda”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Caló
### Pronoun

menda
* I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

### References

* “menda” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 61.
* “menda” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
* “menda” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

## Galician
### Verb

menda
* inflection of mendar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mẽˈⁿda]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: men‧da

### Noun

menda
* wedding

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛn.da/
* Rhymes: -ɛnda
* Hyphenation: mèn‧da

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin menda.

#### Noun

menda f (plural mende)
* (literary) mistake, error
    Synonyms: difetto, errore
* (literary, obsolete) sin
    Synonym: peccato

#### Further reading

* menda$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from mendare (“to amend, correct”) +‎ -a.

#### Noun

menda f (plural mende)
* (obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation
    Synonyms: ammenda, indennità

#### Further reading

* menda$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

menda
* inflection of mendare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* mendum

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”), same source as Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmen.da/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmen.da/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪ä]

### Noun

menda f (genitive mendae); first declension
* defect, blemish (on the body)
* mistake, error, blunder

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* mendicus

#### Related terms

* mendāx
* mendum

#### Descendants

* Sicilian: sminnari (from *exmendare)

### References

* “menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* menda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* menda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Old Javanese
### Alternative forms

* minda

### Noun

menda
* ram
* sheep

## Polish
### Etymology

Clipping of mendoweszka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛn.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnda
* Syllabification: men‧da

### Noun

menda f
* (dated) pubic louse
* (derogatory) scum, scoundrel

#### Derived terms

* mendzić

### Further reading

* menda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* menda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Caló menda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmenda/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -enda
* Syllabification: men‧da

### Noun

menda m (plural mendas)
* (colloquial) guy, dude, geezer
** 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 109:—Pero qué pasa, menda, si sólo es un porrito, tronco —protesta Manolo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Pronoun

menda
* yours truly, muggins
    Synonym: menda lerenda

### Further reading

* “menda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10